The 2016 presidential campaign was filled with insults, scandal, allegations of corruption and sexual abuse and plenty of tweets. It was an exhausting, drama-filled marathon that had Americans hanging on to every detail for more than a year. It culminated in a political upset for the ages.

Of course it was going to make it to HBO.

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Variety reports the producers behind the network's 2012 film "Game Change," which dramatized the 2008 election, will do the same with a miniseries bases on last year's race between now-President Donald Trump and his rival Hillary Clinton.

Len Amato, president of HBO Films, said in a statement the series will "vividly capture the most unique and impactful event in modern American politics."

The series will be based on an unreleased book from authors Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, who also provided the source material for the Emmy-winning "Game Change."

Still early in the process, it's unclear when viewers will see the series, but it should get early buzz simply from casting the lead actors. Alec Baldwin's impersonation of Trump on "Saturday Night Live" received heavy attention, though it's unlikely he'll take on the role in the miniseries.

Another Clinton-based series in the offing, with a third season of FX's "American Crime Story" expected to focus on former President Bill Clinton's sex scandal with Monica Lewinsky.